rayah

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Turkish reaya, from Arabic رَعَايَا‎ (raʿāyā), plural of رَعِيَّة‎ (raʿiyya). [1]

Noun

rayah (plural rayahs)

  1. (derogatory) A member of the tax-paying lower class of Ottoman society.

References
  1. "rayah." The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2008.
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